Pore pressure prediction provides an important risk assessment in the oil and gas industry. It is widely used to estimate the seal integrity, reservoir pressure compartmentalization, hydrocarbon column height, and to design ...

This study examines the relationships between principal decisions regarding school institutional processes and practices in high poverty high schools in one school district and the impact of those decisions on the high ...

Tablet PC-based lecture videos are widely used by students at the University of Houston. The goal of the ICS (Indexed, Captioned, and Searchable) Videos Project is to enhance user experience and improve usability of classroom ...

The progress of our civilization is critically dependent on the discovery of new materials and structures with better properties, novel functionality and applications. The ultra thin metal overlayers represent one class ...

This research is intended to focus on the relevance and efficacy of the Adult Swim network in late night adult-oriented television programming. Through an active historical case study, it will set out to identify the Adult ...

Smoking cessation for individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) represents an important clinical issue. It often has been hypothesized that withdrawing from cigarettes exacerbates affective disturbances in this ...

In brain, locus coeruleus plays an important role in mediating the stress responses. Two important neurotransmitter/hormones released in locus coeruleus (LC) during exposure to stress include corticotrophin releasing factor ...

Previous research has examined literature and television’s relationship with society, but few have taken this approach to cinema. Technology has increased the accessibility to film, making the relationship between cinema ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of music faculty toward course suitability for online delivery, the pedagogical practices of online music faculty, and the current predominate characteristics of ...

In order to monitor construction, repairs, and maintenance of various types of structures, it is critical to develop materials used for structural applications with sensing capabilities. In this study, polymer and cement ...

Negative or harsh parenting strategies are a risk factor for many maladaptive childhood outcomes, including relational aggression (Kawabata et al., 2011). However, research has not previously investigated whether the ...

Chuck Ramirez, a graphic designer for H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery store chain, spent his workdays communicating ideas through the products he promoted in glossy advertisements and posters. His professional career undoubtedly ...

This study explored the perceptions of clinical personnel on the use of an interactive application within a Personal Interactive Information Management Site (PIIMS) (Perez, 2011). The interactive application selected for ...

The objective of this research was to discriminate the source of reservoir sediments coming from different paleo-river systems, both in space and time, to infer the provenance of the sediments. Spectral gamma ray logs were ...

Contrary to prior beliefs, various case studies have shown that the cerebellum is involved in higher order cognitive functions, and the cerebrocerebellar circuitry has been implicated in subserving such functions. Specifically, ...

This study investigates barriers limiting successful access to higher education for high school graduates from low-income communities who have demonstrated aspirations for college and achieved a level of college-readiness. ...

We evaluated the combination of MA and Mbz in wild-type and HER2 transfected MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 human breast cancer cell-lines in vitro and in xenografted mouse model.
Methods: XTT colorimetric and SRB assays were used ...